To, And For Jesus

Good Morning!! There are so many of Jesus’ instructions that by our very action, we show that we haven't fully understood, or considered for that much,...certainly not believed, or practiced. He exhorts us " take no thought for tomorrow " and yet we worry ourselves to death. He promises " my yoke is easy " and yet we prefer to labor under our own. He says, " If you love me, keep my commandments " and yet we work so hard to separate the two. He warns " you cannot serve God and money " and yet we always try to join the two,...promising that "if we had more, we'd give more ".

 "The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'—Matthew 25:40 (NIV)

 

But perhaps the #1 revelation, which is most widely ignored is this: if you do anything for the least of Jesus’ brethren, it is as if you have done it to Jesus. Are you really living like this is true? Have you gone to a nursing home, and spent time with a stranger; given to foreign evangelism; reached out to a broken addict; taught your children, and grand-children the Bible,...all as if you were doing it to, or for Jesus? So often we hurry by the invisible, hurting faces of Jesus’ brothers and sisters,...because we consider them beneath us. And yet our king, Jesus says; " what you do for or to them, you do for and to me."

Help the hurting, dust the furniture, teach the Bible, give to the needy, encourage the downcast just the way you would if Jesus was the One you were encountering today,...because you are.

 

 Holy Spirit, help us to do all we do, for and to the glory of God. Amen.

"It's not what's in our pockets that makes us thankful,...but what we have in our hearts."